Huntington Beach Farmer's
Market & Art Fair Photo Beach Views

Huntington
Beach, Calif.-- Huntington Beach Farmer's Market, a decade
in existence, offers beach views, and the soft winds on a perfect
Southern California afternoon as shown in the photograph above.

Huntington Beach, Calif.―Farmer's
Market looks like a tent city that once salted the shores of Huntington
Beach (then called Pacific City) over 100 years ago. Looking down
on a sea of tents mostly shaded white, the Friday Farmer's Market offers
its own brand of living. From hand crafted gifts to the California
certified vegetables, flowers and fruits (must be grown on California
farms,) your shopping experience at this beachside bazaar offers the
antithesis to a grocery store or indoor mall. Out in the elements such
as air, sea and sand, on a clear Southern California afternoon you can
see the volleyball
courts on the sandy beach, watch the Pacific Ocean waves, and gaze
to the Huntington Beach Pier and Catalina Island as you shop for
vegetables and fruits.

Tourists find this market
appealing, too, for its beach-themed gifts, graphics, greeting cards and
kids clothing that are sold next to the
fruits and
vegetables at Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach. Selected by at
least one reporter as a favorite outdoor market for its scenic views, we
have been to a few of the
hundred
or more farmers' markets that exist in California, and think this
one is pretty cool, indeed.

When our reporter first worked at
the local tourism agency, the Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors
Bureau, several of the most often asked questions centered around the
Farmer's Market and Art Fair. The most popular question was "How do I
participate in the crafts fair? I want to sell my items there." The next
most asked question was, "What are the hours on the Farmer's Market?"

Vendors have to fill out an
application to apply for a space at this event. There's a core of
regulars you'll see at most markets. But with effort, patience, luck,
and the entry fees, you, too, can sell your stuff. The hours are most
Fridays (only gets bumped for major events such as US Open of Surfing),
from around Noon to dusk (five o'clock), though we've seen the farmers
pack up quite a bit before then. For more information, call: (714) 573-0374.